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obama: you sure? ok. >> hold on to that. obama: i think it came out. it is too loose. >> then you can look at the backup. we can put this one on. obama: i can get a sense that this will work. what is amazing is the fact that you can save so much money compared to what the current vcost is. >> it is less than 1% of current cost. we were researching attachments for the wheelchairs. we realize that those would require a completely new wheelchair to go up and down stairs. what we ended up doing was make attachments for it a accessible for everyone. obama: excellent. let's take a picture. both juniors? the junior years are busy. very proud of you. congratulations. how are you, sir? good to see you. what do we have? >> latency passwords. authenticating passwords. obama: a unique way of typing. >> the basis of my project was just to improve the strength of passwords. the goal was to improve the security of passwords by adding a secondary form of office editio -- authentication. i wanted to make something not hard to use or cumbersome to implement. the program
obama: you sure? ok. >> hold on to that. obama: i think it came out. it is too loose. >> then you can look at the backup. we can put this one on. obama: i can get a sense that this will work. what is amazing is the fact that you can save so much money compared to what the current vcost is. >> it is less than 1% of current cost. we were researching attachments for the wheelchairs. we realize that those would require a completely new wheelchair to go up and down stairs. what we...
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obama: like the red wedding. [laughter] pres. obama: it is not just congress. some foreign leaders have been looking ahead, anticipating my departure. last week, prince george showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe. that was a slap in the face. [laughter] [applause] pres. obama: a clear breach of protocol. although, while in england, i had lunch with her majesty the queen. i took in a performance of shakespeare, hit the links with david cameron. just in case anybody is debating whether i am black enough, i think that settles the debate. [laughter] pres. obama: i will not lie -- look, this is a tough transition, it is hard. key staff are starting to leave the white house. even reporters have left me. savannah guthrie left to host "the today show." nora o'donnell left to host "cbs this morning." jay favreau left journalism to join cnn. [laughter] [applause] pres. obama: the prospect of leaving the white house is a mixed bag. you might have heard that somebody jumped the white house fence last week, but i have to give secret service credit, they found michelle a
obama: like the red wedding. [laughter] pres. obama: it is not just congress. some foreign leaders have been looking ahead, anticipating my departure. last week, prince george showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe. that was a slap in the face. [laughter] [applause] pres. obama: a clear breach of protocol. although, while in england, i had lunch with her majesty the queen. i took in a performance of shakespeare, hit the links with david cameron. just in case anybody is debating whether i am...
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obama: you know? i just think that me as a stranger, coming into lives, i can move people with my words, but if i do not know them and they do not know me, it is sort of like what we heard from renee -- you have to get up close to people, you have to be willing to be close. you cannot ignore the people who are right in your orbit. and think you can affect bigger change. that is why when i came into the white house and i said i was mom and achieve, the statement i help anyg was i cannot other kid until i make sure that minor good. very as first lady my first response ability was to make sure that my girls were sane, because i actually have control over my kids, they are my responsibility. what i feed to them, i have the opportunity to feed this stuff to them every day, i am the role model. so i have to do that right before i can tackle the bigger issue. that is my responsibility to get that right before i go out and try to change things. shonda: and be a role model for anybody else. mrs. obama: if i am
obama: you know? i just think that me as a stranger, coming into lives, i can move people with my words, but if i do not know them and they do not know me, it is sort of like what we heard from renee -- you have to get up close to people, you have to be willing to be close. you cannot ignore the people who are right in your orbit. and think you can affect bigger change. that is why when i came into the white house and i said i was mom and achieve, the statement i help anyg was i cannot other...
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michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. >> good morning. mu name is kim sajet and it is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. the first person is the sitter, a person with a larger-than-life persona, who may be curious to see how his are her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. in a spirit of building anticipation, i bid a warm welcome to president barack obama and his wife, former first lady, michelle obama, who we honor today. [applause] the second person is the artist who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true to his or her own artistic style and still transmit a sense of the internal spirit to internal audiences. in many ways, as much a reflection of themselves as an insight into their subject, the portrait artist must remain unique and, to quote a
michelle obama. [cheers and applause] president barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium kim sajet, the director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. >> good morning. mu name is kim sajet and it is my pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. the first person is the sitter, a person with a larger-than-life persona, who...
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obama: thank you, everybody! [applause] pres. obama: thank you. [applause] pres. obama: thank you. [applause] pres. obama: thank you so much, thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] pres. obama: it's good to be home. thank you. [applause] pres. obama: we're on live tv here, i've got to move. [applause] cheering] [applause] pres. obama: you can tell that i'm a lame duck, because nobody is following instructions. [laughter] pres. obama: everybody have a seat. my fellow americans, michelle and i have been so touched by all the well-wishes that we've received over the past few weeks. but tonight it's my turn to say thanks. whether we have seen eye-to-eye or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people -- in living rooms and in schools -- at farms and on factory floors -- at diners and on distant military outposts -- those conversations are what have kept me honest, and kept me inspired, and kept me going. and every day, i have learned from you. you made me a better president, and you made me a better man. so i first came to chicago when i was in my early twe
obama: thank you, everybody! [applause] pres. obama: thank you. [applause] pres. obama: thank you. [applause] pres. obama: thank you so much, thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] pres. obama: it's good to be home. thank you. [applause] pres. obama: we're on live tv here, i've got to move. [applause] cheering] [applause] pres. obama: you can tell that i'm a lame duck, because nobody is following instructions. [laughter] pres. obama: everybody have a seat. my fellow americans, michelle and...
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if the present president do more than obama, than obama did the worse for blacks. let say this current president don't do well, the racist will tell you, that always refer like the previous caller said, like i said, two examples will stop obama's feeds seeds heme -- obama's eliminating those words. an op-ed piece in "the new york times" -- he planned the poor people's campaign in which millions of american impoverished would gather in washington for an enormous demonstration and called for $30 billion annually in anti-poverty spending. asked commerce to guarantee an income for each american, to many americans, sounded like socialist lunacy. further down in the article, he writes "dr. king's legacy, the meeting of martin luther king and the popular mind, began to change as soon as the man himself left him. groups like black panther and weatherman called for armed resistance. dr. king's peaceful message looked more appealing. embolden him into the gentle champion of colorblindness." that is from "the new york times" this morning. if you want to find that piece, shots
if the present president do more than obama, than obama did the worse for blacks. let say this current president don't do well, the racist will tell you, that always refer like the previous caller said, like i said, two examples will stop obama's feeds seeds heme -- obama's eliminating those words. an op-ed piece in "the new york times" -- he planned the poor people's campaign in which millions of american impoverished would gather in washington for an enormous demonstration and...
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people forget that present obama already signed -- president obama already signed a book deal for $6 million and now he's getting speaking fees for $400,000. if you know you can get this kind of money once you can get out of office, it's just like getting paid for doing things that you know you shouldn't do because you know you're going to get paid later. it sets a bad example, especially for somebody who ran on hope and change like you did. host: before you go, is a book deal different from a speaking fee? is someone buying your book and wanting to read your thoughts in a book different than a speaking fee at a wall street firm in your mind? caller: i don't know. it's also cloudy. nothing seemswhy to get done in their favor for the average american. maybe this is why. host: go ahead. caller: maybe this is one of the reasons why. maybe this is the reason why people don't get prosecuted when they rape the economy, the people in the financial institutions. this is why people don't go to jail. host: because of speaking fees and what that can buy? caller: yeah. people are not stupid when
people forget that present obama already signed -- president obama already signed a book deal for $6 million and now he's getting speaking fees for $400,000. if you know you can get this kind of money once you can get out of office, it's just like getting paid for doing things that you know you shouldn't do because you know you're going to get paid later. it sets a bad example, especially for somebody who ran on hope and change like you did. host: before you go, is a book deal different from a...
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obama: it works. jumpers,ot just fence asimov you know a drone crash landed a few months ago out back. don't worry, we have installed a new state-of-the-art security system. [laughter] pres. obama: let me set the record straight, i see joe sometimes, he has been at my side for seven years. i love that man. [applause] pres. obama: he is not just a great price -- vice president, he is a great man. we gotten so close in some places in indiana they won't serve us pizza anymore. [laughter] i want to thank our host for the evening, a chicago girl. [applause] pres. obama: on saturday night live, she impersonates cnn anchor, which is surprising because usually the only people impersonating journalists on cnn are journalists on cnn. [laughter] pres. obama: abc is he was some of the stars from the new series "blackish." it is a great show, but i figured abc fair warning, being only makes you popular for so long, trust me. [applause] [laughter] pres. obama: there is a shelf life to that thing. [laughter] as alwa
obama: it works. jumpers,ot just fence asimov you know a drone crash landed a few months ago out back. don't worry, we have installed a new state-of-the-art security system. [laughter] pres. obama: let me set the record straight, i see joe sometimes, he has been at my side for seven years. i love that man. [applause] pres. obama: he is not just a great price -- vice president, he is a great man. we gotten so close in some places in indiana they won't serve us pizza anymore. [laughter] i want to...
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obama. i really do think obama's legacy is tied to trump. trump came in and obama endorsed hillary who was a slightly flawed candidate, if i am being completely honest. there were signs now that you look at it in hindsight, there were signs that maybe she wasn't the right person for the job. like i remember -- did you see at the d.n.c. this year where -- and this is not a conspiracy theory. this is what i think they were trying to do. the campaign openly said this. they said the goal of the democratic national convention was to humanize hillary clinton. that was their goal. like how terrible is your candidate when she's been in the public eye for 27 years and you're like, the big problem we are having is that other people are not believing that she is in fact one of them? they don't see her as a human. they see her as some type of pantsuit lizard creature sent from another planet to rule here and the whole convention was trying to humanize her. bill clinton got up and he was like, i met hillary 30 years ago and we fell in love just like huma
obama. i really do think obama's legacy is tied to trump. trump came in and obama endorsed hillary who was a slightly flawed candidate, if i am being completely honest. there were signs now that you look at it in hindsight, there were signs that maybe she wasn't the right person for the job. like i remember -- did you see at the d.n.c. this year where -- and this is not a conspiracy theory. this is what i think they were trying to do. the campaign openly said this. they said the goal of the...
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obama did. when you don't do consensus, when you don't get approval from the house and the senate and pass a bill. when you use executive order. remember he says i have a magic pen. and all the fools clapped. and you implement laws that the country doesn't want and you don't get the proper votes and make it, all of that is going to be unraveled. for the first time in american histrirks average american citizens were forced to purchase a product they didn't want. that is socialism aka done deal. and all of these -- i remember when he was talking about race. the great unifier. it's not a black america, it's not a white america. it's the united states of america. i wished that would have happened. but i remember the first time there was an opportunity with the professor up in i believe boston where he came out before the information and said, the police acted stupidly. and he used trayvon martin and the guy brown and all this. he was the biggest divider of race. and i've got to say for a president
obama did. when you don't do consensus, when you don't get approval from the house and the senate and pass a bill. when you use executive order. remember he says i have a magic pen. and all the fools clapped. and you implement laws that the country doesn't want and you don't get the proper votes and make it, all of that is going to be unraveled. for the first time in american histrirks average american citizens were forced to purchase a product they didn't want. that is socialism aka done deal....
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caller: i voted for obama. i voted for president obama. but, you know, we keep saying we are undecided. i think most of us have already made up our mind. we are looking for a reason to justify voting for either president obama or mitt romney me. -- mitt romney. host: you haven't found a justification? caller: people keep saying we are looking at these records. we understand what president obama has done. and the obscene what mitt romney has done -- and we have seen what mitt romney has done. we as people who say we are undecided -- we already know who we are going to vote for. do you know from the debate last night, i am going to let president obama finish what he started. i really think that it is born to turn around. you have to give things a chance as brigade with president bush. we continued to let him start a war that did not even a factor into the 911. iraq had nothing to do with afghanistan. that is where the problem started. i think we need to give president obama a chance. and you know for yourself -- you know for yourself that wh
caller: i voted for obama. i voted for president obama. but, you know, we keep saying we are undecided. i think most of us have already made up our mind. we are looking for a reason to justify voting for either president obama or mitt romney me. -- mitt romney. host: you haven't found a justification? caller: people keep saying we are looking at these records. we understand what president obama has done. and the obscene what mitt romney has done -- and we have seen what mitt romney has done. we...
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obama: everybody have a seat. [cheers] pres. obama: my fellow americans -- [cheers] pres. obama: michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that we have received over the past few weeks, but tonight it is my turn to say thanks. eyeher we have seen eye to or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people, in living rooms and schools, on farms, on , andry floors and diners on distant military outposts -- those conversations i what have kept me honest and kept me inspired and kept me going. and every day i have learned from you. you made me a better president, and you made me a better man. chicago whenme to i was in my early 20's, and i was still time to figure out who i was, still searching for a purpose in my life. and it was the neighborhood not far from here where i began working with church groups in the shadows of closed steel mills. it was on these streets where i witnessed the power of faith and the quiet dignity of working people in the face of struggle and loss. >> four more years, four more years. pres. obama: i can do that. ca
obama: everybody have a seat. [cheers] pres. obama: my fellow americans -- [cheers] pres. obama: michelle and i have been so touched by all the well wishes that we have received over the past few weeks, but tonight it is my turn to say thanks. eyeher we have seen eye to or rarely agreed at all, my conversations with you, the american people, in living rooms and schools, on farms, on , andry floors and diners on distant military outposts -- those conversations i what have kept me honest and kept...
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the first assessment of the obama presidency. what originally got it going on the book and help to bring together the various writers involved in this? a book like done this about george w. bush and his presidency when it came to an end. and i wanted to continue doing this. moveally the idea was to beyond the presidential rankings that we already have when a presidency ends and instead, bring some of the brightest , who were not obama specialists but specializing on other issues, foreign policy and having them write the chapter that puts this presidency into perspective. so they all wrote their first draft and presented it at a meeting we had in princeton the week after november elections. and that was the idea, to generate a first discussion how this fits into the long history of our presidents. to open the conversation. host: your book is broken down into a dozen or so chapters. you wrote a couple of those chapters. tell us how you came upon how to divide up the topic area? it is difficult to do. inevitably, some issues get lef
the first assessment of the obama presidency. what originally got it going on the book and help to bring together the various writers involved in this? a book like done this about george w. bush and his presidency when it came to an end. and i wanted to continue doing this. moveally the idea was to beyond the presidential rankings that we already have when a presidency ends and instead, bring some of the brightest , who were not obama specialists but specializing on other issues, foreign policy...
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obama: i can't do that. this is where i learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved and get engaged and they come together to demand it. after eight years as your president, i still believe that. and it is not just my belief, it is the beating heart of our american idea, our bold experiment in self-government. it is a conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. it's the insistence that these rights, while self-evident, have never been self-executed. that we, the people, through the instrument of our democracy, can form a more perfect union. what a radical idea. a great gift that our founders gave to us. the freedom to chase our individual dreams through our sweat and toil and imagination and the imperative to strive together as one to achieve a common good, a greater good. for 240 years, our nation's call to citizenship has given work and purpose to each new generation. it is w
obama: i can't do that. this is where i learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved and get engaged and they come together to demand it. after eight years as your president, i still believe that. and it is not just my belief, it is the beating heart of our american idea, our bold experiment in self-government. it is a conviction that we are all created equal, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness....
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obama: mmhmm. sam: how do you look back on yourself and the family and going about your business having no idea what was about to happen to you? how do you remember that time? mrs. obama: i was back in chicago last week for the rollout of the new obama presidential center and got to stay at home for a few hours. in that kitchen where it all began because sam was helping us out at that time because i was doing a lot of traveling and holding down a full-time job, the kids were little. i was campaigning as well as working. my husband wasn't around. i was in a position where many that -- that many working families find themselves in him a trying to keep my kids healthy and not doing that successfully. i had known sam since he was a teenager. and finding out that he was a chef and engaged in healthy cooking -- he had worked with families that turned their diets around. i ran into him and said, can you help us? having you come into our lives at a very hectic moment and just helping us kind of clean out o
obama: mmhmm. sam: how do you look back on yourself and the family and going about your business having no idea what was about to happen to you? how do you remember that time? mrs. obama: i was back in chicago last week for the rollout of the new obama presidential center and got to stay at home for a few hours. in that kitchen where it all began because sam was helping us out at that time because i was doing a lot of traveling and holding down a full-time job, the kids were little. i was...
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obama: hello, everybody! [applause] pres. obama: please, everybody please have a seat. it is great to be back in jacksonville. [applause] pres. obama: as president, i've been to all 50 states. i have seen some pretty incredible things, but i've also got a bucket list of things i still need to get done. apparently, i have not yet made it to the world's largest outdoor cocktail party. [laughter] pres. obama: so there's some local things i've got to check out at some point. that's the kind of thing you do once you are not president anymore. [laughter] pres. obama: so, hopefully, i'll see you back, but it is great to be in florida on a friday afternoon. i want to thank jaime not only for the introduction, but more importantly, for your service to our nation. thank you so much. [applause] pres. obama: i also want to recognize two outstanding members of congress. [applause] pres. obama: yay, corrine! [applause] pres. obama: and representative patrick murphy. [applause] pres. obama: and i also want to thank everybody at saft america for hosting us today, especially tom alcide
obama: hello, everybody! [applause] pres. obama: please, everybody please have a seat. it is great to be back in jacksonville. [applause] pres. obama: as president, i've been to all 50 states. i have seen some pretty incredible things, but i've also got a bucket list of things i still need to get done. apparently, i have not yet made it to the world's largest outdoor cocktail party. [laughter] pres. obama: so there's some local things i've got to check out at some point. that's the kind of...
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obama: take a vote. but the american people should know that with or without congressional action, isil will learn the same lessons that terrorists before them. if you doubt america's commitment or mind to see that justice is done, just ask osama bin laden. [applause] pres. obama: ask the leader of al qaeda in yemen who was taken out last year. or the perpetrator of the benghazi attacks, who sits in a prison cell. when you come after americans, we go after you. and it may take time, but we have long memories, and our reach has no limits. [applause] pres. obama: our foreign policy has to be focused on the threat from isis and al qaeda. but it can't stop there. for even without isil, even without al qaeda, instability will continue for decades in many parts of the world. in the middle east, in afghanistan, parts of pakistan, and parts of central america and africa and asia. some of these places may become safe havens for new terrorist networks. others will just fall victim to ethnic conflict or famine. fee
obama: take a vote. but the american people should know that with or without congressional action, isil will learn the same lessons that terrorists before them. if you doubt america's commitment or mind to see that justice is done, just ask osama bin laden. [applause] pres. obama: ask the leader of al qaeda in yemen who was taken out last year. or the perpetrator of the benghazi attacks, who sits in a prison cell. when you come after americans, we go after you. and it may take time, but we have...
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and don't tell me it's obama care. because obama's gift to senior citizens right now is to steal from them $500 billion out of medicare. that's not going to wash in the united states of america. [applause] i am the very first member of congress who went down the very first morning after the passage of obama care. i stayed with up my staff until after midnight the night that obama care passed. because i said to my staff, we will not allow socialized medicine to stand in this country. tell the american people, all is not lost, we will repeal obama care. and the next morning i marched to the floor of the house of representatives and i was the first member of congress to file an appeal bill. and i want you to know this, as president of the united states, i will not rest until we appeal obama care. you can take that to the bank. you can cash that check. we will repeal obama care in the us of america. it will happen. have hope, have real hope. we will. i wonder if they are listening in the white house now, you will in 2012.
and don't tell me it's obama care. because obama's gift to senior citizens right now is to steal from them $500 billion out of medicare. that's not going to wash in the united states of america. [applause] i am the very first member of congress who went down the very first morning after the passage of obama care. i stayed with up my staff until after midnight the night that obama care passed. because i said to my staff, we will not allow socialized medicine to stand in this country. tell the...
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the flight of african american voters for obama really did not occur, with obama receiving more than 90% of the african-american vote. let draw this to a close. what are we to make of these two issues abortion and same-sex marriage? despite the visibility of black conservatives during obama's presidency, the manner in which these block of service raise these issues -- black conservatives working with white organizations were able to amplify the voices. white antiabortion issues benefited from black conservative faces to further their cause. the case for same-sex marriage however, did not fare as well -- with increasing number of states improving same-sex and african-americans slowly becoming more accepting of same-sex marriage. are black conservatives simply tools of the larger way conservative organizations? perhaps they are. perhaps not. but it is clear for the leadership and abortion and same-sex, charismatic leaders who play value voters, essential marriage, and white marches bond like-minded people of all ethnicities. for black conservatives crossing over to vote republican or b
the flight of african american voters for obama really did not occur, with obama receiving more than 90% of the african-american vote. let draw this to a close. what are we to make of these two issues abortion and same-sex marriage? despite the visibility of black conservatives during obama's presidency, the manner in which these block of service raise these issues -- black conservatives working with white organizations were able to amplify the voices. white antiabortion issues benefited from...
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senator obama. senator obama: i want to thank hofstra university for hosting us and senator mccain and thank you, bob. we are experiencing the worst financial crisis since the great depression. the financial rescue plan senator mccain and i supported s an important first step. i pushed for some core principles, making sure the taxpayers can get their money back if they're putting money up. making sure c.e.o.'s are not enriching themselves through this process. i think it is going to take some time to work itself out. what we haven't yet seen is a rescue package for the middle class because the fundamentals of the economy were weak even before this latest crisis. i propose four specific things that i think can help. number one let's focus on jobs. i want to end the tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas. and provide a tax credit for every company creating a job right here in america. number two, let's help families right away by providing them a tax cut, a middle class tax cut for people mak
senator obama. senator obama: i want to thank hofstra university for hosting us and senator mccain and thank you, bob. we are experiencing the worst financial crisis since the great depression. the financial rescue plan senator mccain and i supported s an important first step. i pushed for some core principles, making sure the taxpayers can get their money back if they're putting money up. making sure c.e.o.'s are not enriching themselves through this process. i think it is going to take some...
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bank -- obama -- obama campaign position three days before the election. civilian voters have to be treated the same as military voters. host: as you learn quickly when you come to this campus, it is the ohio state university. no correction. there are about 60,000 students in the ohio state university campus, including satellite campuses. we are inside of the ohio union. our phone lines are open. 202-5 a 5-383 is set aside -- 202-585-3883 is set aside for viewers inside of ohio. i want to go back to the issue of the ballot initiative in ohio. guest: a swing state within the state. democrats swept every statewide office in 2006. four years later, republicans swept every single one. it just so happened that it triggered redistricting. the republicans did what the majority usually does, they redrew maps. the new maps favor republicans. we have about a 50: 50 state. but when you look at the legislative map, it is way out of whack. there are a lot more republicans. it creates a non-partisan commission that speaks to this better, basically drawing legislative li
bank -- obama -- obama campaign position three days before the election. civilian voters have to be treated the same as military voters. host: as you learn quickly when you come to this campus, it is the ohio state university. no correction. there are about 60,000 students in the ohio state university campus, including satellite campuses. we are inside of the ohio union. our phone lines are open. 202-5 a 5-383 is set aside -- 202-585-3883 is set aside for viewers inside of ohio. i want to go...
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that's why president obama is ahead. he's ahead because he did rescue the american automobile industry when mitt romney would have let them go bankrupt. he's ahead because when it comes to the priorities of the hispanic community despite fighting to create jobs, president obama is for comprehensive immigration reform. he is for making sure that we can close the achievement gap for hispanic americans in this country by ensuring that we make the strategic investments and not just drastically cut our budget like the republicans have proposed so that we can give people an opportunity especially when the industries through economic downturns are beginning to evolve. some are going to continue in the same way and others won't. we need to make sure we invest in job training programs, in educational opportunities so that at the next stage of americans' dreer they have a lot of different opportunities -- career they have different opportunities. >> also on that note, a couple democrats have come out in the race for gabrielle giff
that's why president obama is ahead. he's ahead because he did rescue the american automobile industry when mitt romney would have let them go bankrupt. he's ahead because when it comes to the priorities of the hispanic community despite fighting to create jobs, president obama is for comprehensive immigration reform. he is for making sure that we can close the achievement gap for hispanic americans in this country by ensuring that we make the strategic investments and not just drastically cut...
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obama. i would never underestimate that sort of genetic inheritance in terms of obama his appeal. his father was an alcoholic. his father was a man who at aspects of success but then failed in the in and died a a young, at a very early age, and i think that barack obama spent that. i'm talking about and then later when he worked -- went to kenya to try to find out more about his father, dealing with what it meant who he was here to his father was part of that. any traditional sense barack obama cannot be called an african-american. he's african and american, so different. he never had, going up in hawaii he didn't have many black friends. it was a very multicultural place, but without many african-americans except on the military base. so he really had to learn that from secondhand from studying about african-american history, and then trying that search to find his father. >> host: april ryan can let me turn to you and talk about the issue of race and what you wrote about in your book, how
obama. i would never underestimate that sort of genetic inheritance in terms of obama his appeal. his father was an alcoholic. his father was a man who at aspects of success but then failed in the in and died a a young, at a very early age, and i think that barack obama spent that. i'm talking about and then later when he worked -- went to kenya to try to find out more about his father, dealing with what it meant who he was here to his father was part of that. any traditional sense barack obama...
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obama, president obama. i think virginians can be independence in terms of charting a particular course. i did not think virginians like to be taken for granted. to say that purging it is in the bag for president obama is probably a bit premature. of course the polling looks good right now. it is always good to be ahead rather than behind. there's a long way until election day. as far as the center of campaign, a lot of that will hinge upon how the presidential campaign goes. the base support for each candidate -- both candidates in virginia are former governor's. they each have a hard core unit of support. they have their differences in terms of the delight --direction that the country should go and the direction for virginia. they are in a lively contest. mr. allen seems to have more support from an external contributors than mr. kaine at iss point but mr. kaine holding his own. both candidates have inundated the airwaves with ads and phone calls to residences. overall, i think this is still very much a si
obama, president obama. i think virginians can be independence in terms of charting a particular course. i did not think virginians like to be taken for granted. to say that purging it is in the bag for president obama is probably a bit premature. of course the polling looks good right now. it is always good to be ahead rather than behind. there's a long way until election day. as far as the center of campaign, a lot of that will hinge upon how the presidential campaign goes. the base support...
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[applause] president obama: it works. [applause] president obama: it works. this is also a matter of values. being an american is not about taking as much as you can from your neighbor before they take as much as they can from you. we are not a bunch of individuals out here. we are a community, we are family. we are all in this together. we have to work hard. i was taking some photos before hand with ron and a couple folks who got dairy farms. no one works harder than farmers. they know about hard work. [applause] president obama: farmers know about hard work. they wake up early, go to bed late, worrying all the time about making sure things run. they also understand about being neighbors. and helping each other out. that is america. we have to make sure that this economy works for everybody who is willing to work. everybody who is willing to do their fair share. i want to spend the rest of my time talking about what that might mean for the 21st century. we have to help working families feel more secure in this constant change. that is why health care matters
[applause] president obama: it works. [applause] president obama: it works. this is also a matter of values. being an american is not about taking as much as you can from your neighbor before they take as much as they can from you. we are not a bunch of individuals out here. we are a community, we are family. we are all in this together. we have to work hard. i was taking some photos before hand with ron and a couple folks who got dairy farms. no one works harder than farmers. they know about...
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barack obama. [applause] president obama: thank you, everybody. thank you. well, welcome to the white house. [applause] pres. obama: and thank you, jahana, for that wonderful introduction. everybody please give the national teacher of the year a big round of applause. [applause] pres. obama: it's a little surprising that she got this award because you can tell she's a little shy -- [laughter] pres. obama: -- and lacks enthusiasm. [laughter] pres. obama: and yet somehow she seems to be performing pretty well in the classroom. [laughter] pres. obama: look at that smile. so for seven years, i've stood in the white house with america's finest public servants and private-sector innovators and our best advocates and our best athletes and our best artists, and i have to tell you there are few moments that make me prouder than this event when i stand alongside our nation's best educators. [applause] pres. obama: every year on this day, we say publicly as a country what we should be eager to say every day of the year, and that is to say thank you. that's what this ev
barack obama. [applause] president obama: thank you, everybody. thank you. well, welcome to the white house. [applause] pres. obama: and thank you, jahana, for that wonderful introduction. everybody please give the national teacher of the year a big round of applause. [applause] pres. obama: it's a little surprising that she got this award because you can tell she's a little shy -- [laughter] pres. obama: -- and lacks enthusiasm. [laughter] pres. obama: and yet somehow she seems to be...
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obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field tested, veterans defending entitled the reform, and talking about that and having people try to beat them on it and trip them up is infinitely stronger than the republican party four years ago, six years ago, on the spending issue. every crisis -- spend more money on. never saw a crisis and said let's spend less. every crisis of bigger government. >> i do not say this election as a ringing endorsement of tea party of the ryan plan. can you tell me why did obama win? he promised to raise taxes. >> two things -- he droppe
obama's plan takes 38. the ryan plan versus the obama into the future -- although the obama thing and eventually blows up and get aspics' because he cannot calculate that amount of debt and what it would do to the country. the ryan plan is all about reforming entitlements suspending of the smaller percentage of gdp rather than a larger percentage. and the tax part, lower marginal, territorial system, gives you stronger economic growth. i think the modern republican party which has been field...
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president obama. president obama understands women. he trusts women carried on every single issue that matters to us, he stands for women. president obama ensures that women's health care will be covered with snow cope in a matter where we work. [applause] because of president obama, soon, women will not be denied insurance coverage because we have had breast cancer or survive sexual assault. and, we know lager will have to pay more than men for the exact same health insurance. thanks to president obama, being a woman is no longer a pre- existing condition in america. [applause] that is right. back in texas, that's it -- back in texas, back in texas, we say, you dance with them is to run you. president obama brought women into this place and we are staying with them all from november. -- with him all throughout november. 24 years ago, my mother, the former texas governor -- [applause] thank you. she reminded us how far we have come. and that there was a time when both cabinets drank from separate water fountains. when kids were punishe
president obama. president obama understands women. he trusts women carried on every single issue that matters to us, he stands for women. president obama ensures that women's health care will be covered with snow cope in a matter where we work. [applause] because of president obama, soon, women will not be denied insurance coverage because we have had breast cancer or survive sexual assault. and, we know lager will have to pay more than men for the exact same health insurance. thanks to...
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maybe obama will. recognizing that an alliance with india is almost certainly in the strategic interests of both countries, and fostering that, would beat a very astute thing to do. he has a problem with taiwan. i hope he will continue to take what has become the recent history of the american administrations, insisting that this dispute be resolved peacefully. i think he is it -- i think it is in the process of being resolved by them. he can encourage that. >> steve, as we both complete this section and turned to a sense of back-and-forth, responding to each other's remarks, let me ask you, as a japan watcher, to offer some comments about the asia strategy. first, does he have an asia strategy? second, how do you judge the performance, both hillary clinton is tour and the presidents. secondly, part of that answer or separately, i think one of the ways that any reasonable panel would judge the performance of a president and international affairs would be to ask what has he accomplished in some of these
maybe obama will. recognizing that an alliance with india is almost certainly in the strategic interests of both countries, and fostering that, would beat a very astute thing to do. he has a problem with taiwan. i hope he will continue to take what has become the recent history of the american administrations, insisting that this dispute be resolved peacefully. i think he is it -- i think it is in the process of being resolved by them. he can encourage that. >> steve, as we both complete...
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obama. i also extend my formal greeting to all of the americans with a strong interest in the china and u.s. relationship. [speaking chinese] president xi: my thanks to the united states. it is an unforgettable journey. from west coast to east coast, what strikes me the most was the american people with abundant goodwill towards the chinese people. much more can be accomplished through chinese and u.s. cooperation. i will also assure you that these feelings are fully reciprocated by the chinese people. [speaking chinese] president xi: throughout the evening i have spoken with president obama on views of chinese and u.s. relations and the right to world peace and development. we reached important agreements. withiscussions have dealt many positive outcomes. [speaking chinese] president xi: though it is difficult during this visit to president xi: though it is difficult during this visit to the united states, mr. xi predicted chinese relationship with the united states. our relations have beco
obama. i also extend my formal greeting to all of the americans with a strong interest in the china and u.s. relationship. [speaking chinese] president xi: my thanks to the united states. it is an unforgettable journey. from west coast to east coast, what strikes me the most was the american people with abundant goodwill towards the chinese people. much more can be accomplished through chinese and u.s. cooperation. i will also assure you that these feelings are fully reciprocated by the chinese...
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who is barack obama? do you think we fully understand who barack obama is? do you? >> if anybody does, you would. >> no. i am asking do you? [laughter] >> of course. we want to know more about the people we cover. >> do you think there is -- do you find elements of mystery or uncertainty in his actions and personality? >> of course. it is fascinating. >> may be in him, you covered george w. bush and wrote four books on him. there was not a lot of mystery about what bush felt. >> he was a gut player. >> yes. as he said, his job was to put some calcium in the spine. >> but i think obama is a little bit more of an uncertain figure. quite frankly, i think when he writes his own autobiography, about his time as president and there is more excavation of all of this, we are going to discover that he is working it out as he plays of the game. and as somebody with a little bit more experience, under their belt might not be doing that. >> some of the comments you made about president obama, including what you just said, there seems to be a subtext that you are a little bit di
who is barack obama? do you think we fully understand who barack obama is? do you? >> if anybody does, you would. >> no. i am asking do you? [laughter] >> of course. we want to know more about the people we cover. >> do you think there is -- do you find elements of mystery or uncertainty in his actions and personality? >> of course. it is fascinating. >> may be in him, you covered george w. bush and wrote four books on him. there was not a lot of mystery...
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obama came in at 13. reagan is at number nine or 11, and clinton is trailing obama . a poll on thedid most admired living president. clinton,, followed by followed by reagan. those are facts. that is how the american people feel. when we look at the real data, real information, will we see is that your callers -- what we see is that your callers, two-to-one democrat.eus moderate, or conservative. your phoneannot game system. host: let's go to randy on the republican line. caller: good morning. history will prove that obama was the worst president ever. as obama beats the drums the grading trump, there are some things we need to keep in mind, corruption through the irs, corruption at benghazi, corruption at the fbi. impoverished the black community, and isis sympathizer, a trader, a liar -- liar, it was a socialist trying to redistribute the wealth of america. everyone talks about how racist trump is, let's not forget that obama would never waste a tragedy. come to mind trayvon martin, reverend wright, freddie gray, ferguson, baltimore. all of them, he jumped on the wa
obama came in at 13. reagan is at number nine or 11, and clinton is trailing obama . a poll on thedid most admired living president. clinton,, followed by followed by reagan. those are facts. that is how the american people feel. when we look at the real data, real information, will we see is that your callers -- what we see is that your callers, two-to-one democrat.eus moderate, or conservative. your phoneannot game system. host: let's go to randy on the republican line. caller: good morning....
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i solidly see an obama victory. host: the washington post is writing about myths about the electoral college. guest: the caller was right. states like new jersey and new york will not affect the electoral college. president obama will win those. huge numbers for romney in the south. there is a chance for an electoral college-popular vote split. host: who are you pulling for now? guest: in the senate races, we are in michigan, wisconsin, nevada, the governor's race in new hampshire. we do 75 congressional races. we started off with 53 incumbents going into this election. we do some polling for the romney campaign. host: what is happening for the wisconsin senate race? guest: i did some polling for scott walker. we have it right in terms of polling as opposed to what you are seeing in the public polling. we have a net edge presidentially and in the senate race going for tom thompson in that senate race. what we are seeing there we are seeing in all of the campaigns. we have closed the gaps that democrats have in those
i solidly see an obama victory. host: the washington post is writing about myths about the electoral college. guest: the caller was right. states like new jersey and new york will not affect the electoral college. president obama will win those. huge numbers for romney in the south. there is a chance for an electoral college-popular vote split. host: who are you pulling for now? guest: in the senate races, we are in michigan, wisconsin, nevada, the governor's race in new hampshire. we do 75...
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obama and mccain were tied four years ago. obama has a better shot. we do not have national elections. we have state elections and that changes the polls. it depends on who is doing the polling. "the washington post" gave obama the lead among registered voters. polls measured enthusiasm. romney people have been much more enthusiastic. you now see enthusiasm among obama supporters. host: this is the headline from "usa today." why is ohio so important? guest: no republican has ever been elected without carrying ohio. every republican that lost ohio has lost the general election. host: how is it looking for each candidate in ohio? guest: one poll showed obama was winning in ohio by a substantial amount. it's like ability was higher in ohio. so far obama is doing very well. is "national journal." host: what do you make of that? guest: people are on the air early and you're spending a lot of money early. you can hold back your money. obama ran all those ads last month. that money is going into getting these people out to the polls. host: back to florida, a
obama and mccain were tied four years ago. obama has a better shot. we do not have national elections. we have state elections and that changes the polls. it depends on who is doing the polling. "the washington post" gave obama the lead among registered voters. polls measured enthusiasm. romney people have been much more enthusiastic. you now see enthusiasm among obama supporters. host: this is the headline from "usa today." why is ohio so important? guest: no republican has...
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change "obama care." obamacare has not worked in its inception and it will not be working in its conclusion. my wife just went to open heart surgery. she is a medicare recipient herself. if we have obama for president, people like my wife will be left out in the cold. i thought mitt had great brown worked in massachusetts that got kicked in the paper shredder and let in red tape. if it had gone through, we would have seen massachusetts shine like a universe. in the next two debates, we will see who will shine through. personally, i think mitt romney will be our best option. obama did not mention anything about china. he skirted a lot of the questions. he was never direct to the point and he was always trying to attack commit. mitt was very confident in his actions. he seemed to outline everything. when he was an attack on no details to his plan and this that and the other, i think he said, number one, i did this. no. 2, we're doing that. number three, we're doing that. i think we will have very good debat
change "obama care." obamacare has not worked in its inception and it will not be working in its conclusion. my wife just went to open heart surgery. she is a medicare recipient herself. if we have obama for president, people like my wife will be left out in the cold. i thought mitt had great brown worked in massachusetts that got kicked in the paper shredder and let in red tape. if it had gone through, we would have seen massachusetts shine like a universe. in the next two debates,...
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for more than one year now i have been -- senator obama, now president obama -- i want to know what president obama will do about slave descendants reparations. that debate was just in the house and senate. a couple of things were done as far as apologies. i can give you an example that the media has protected him from that issue. right now i will tell you that this guy is a can-kicker. the gay issues, he kicks the can down the road. those folks, the slave reparations issue, is kicking that can down the road. we need to hear from this president to go on a microphone and tell us if there will be reparations. what we will do about it, how will be done if we were to do. and enough is enough. all these people, these folks, you made promises to -- we knew about the promises down cell during the campaign about reparations and now you are hiding from that. enough is enough. -- you are hiding down south during the campaign talking about reparations and now you're hiding from them. host: here is a piece concerning this president and the previous two in office concerning their first period of time in o
for more than one year now i have been -- senator obama, now president obama -- i want to know what president obama will do about slave descendants reparations. that debate was just in the house and senate. a couple of things were done as far as apologies. i can give you an example that the media has protected him from that issue. right now i will tell you that this guy is a can-kicker. the gay issues, he kicks the can down the road. those folks, the slave reparations issue, is kicking that can...
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obama did not live up to that. the perception is that argument alone is not going to do anything. >> i agree. >> the republicans miss a big opportunity? >> they spent $100 million on negative ads in swing states this summer sort of refraining who romney is. they were enormously effective. they happen without any real organized response coming from the other side. one of the things i learned as a candid it is that races are partially about selling your story, making your case, framingham you are, but it's also about realizing the other side is going to do everything they can to frame u.s. something you do not think you are or you are not. my wife and i and my kids used to watch some of the stuff on tv during my race and they would just laugh. they would look at the tv and laugh. i would say to them, i know you think it's funny - [laughter] very lot of people who do not know me from adam and probably believe it. >> that does mean to get to spend more time with your kids. >> the most interesting thing to me about the
obama did not live up to that. the perception is that argument alone is not going to do anything. >> i agree. >> the republicans miss a big opportunity? >> they spent $100 million on negative ads in swing states this summer sort of refraining who romney is. they were enormously effective. they happen without any real organized response coming from the other side. one of the things i learned as a candid it is that races are partially about selling your story, making your case,...
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obama. for the last three years, she has been serving the country. before you are in the white lady, you were a successful attorney as well as dean, administrator, primary breadwinner of your household. shonda: she is brilliant, powerful, impactful, successful. what was it like to make that sacrifice to give that up? mrs. obama:dean, administrator,y breadwinner of your household. that is a good question. actually, that is when i am taking the time this year to do, is reflect on that. the truth is for the last eight years, and i will say 10 -- because it is not just the two terms, but the two years of running required in this country to become president. it has been a decade of being shot out of a cannon. there has really been literally no time to think about feelings. you think of those last eight years, you are trying to develop your initiatives, or at least i am maybe. you were not doing that the last eight years, everybody here. i was trying to develop my initiatives, i was trying to make
obama. for the last three years, she has been serving the country. before you are in the white lady, you were a successful attorney as well as dean, administrator, primary breadwinner of your household. shonda: she is brilliant, powerful, impactful, successful. what was it like to make that sacrifice to give that up? mrs. obama:dean, administrator,y breadwinner of your household. that is a good question. actually, that is when i am taking the time this year to do, is reflect on that. the truth...
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obama: all right? so we're going to advance research, we're going to work with the private sector to update firearms technology. some gun retailers are already stepping up by refusing to finalize a purchase without a complete background check or by refraining from selling semiautomatic weapons or high capacity magazines. and i hope that more retailers and more manufacturers join them. because they should care as much as anybody about a product that now kills almost as many americans as car accidents. i make this point because none of us can do this alone. i think mark made that point earlier. all of us should be able to work together to find a balance that declares the rest of our rights are also important. second amendment rights are important. there are other rights that we care about as well. and we have to be able to balance them. because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to christians in charleston, south carolina, and that was denied jews in kansas city, and that was d
obama: all right? so we're going to advance research, we're going to work with the private sector to update firearms technology. some gun retailers are already stepping up by refusing to finalize a purchase without a complete background check or by refraining from selling semiautomatic weapons or high capacity magazines. and i hope that more retailers and more manufacturers join them. because they should care as much as anybody about a product that now kills almost as many americans as car...
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obama: don't boo, vote. booing does not do anything. booing does not help, voting helps. [cheers and applause] mr. obama: voting helps. voting helps. voting helps. do not boo, don't hashtag, all of that stuff is nice to do, vote. anyway. just now, mitch mcconnell says, suddenly now that he is past the passed the -- he has $1.5 trillion tax cut, he says these deficits are a really big problem. [laughter] mr. obama: you need to pay attention to this. to bring them down, we will have to cut programs like medicare, and medicaid, and social security. i want everybody to understand if you do not think voting matters. if you did not vote or folks you know did not vote, they win. they give $1.5 trillion to people who do not need it, not working people, not families, to folks who are sitting pretty. they then come back and say, now that we have spent $1.5 outlion, we need to figure how to make it up by cutting programs that working families rely on. it is a pretty straightforward equation. we should not be confused a
obama: don't boo, vote. booing does not do anything. booing does not help, voting helps. [cheers and applause] mr. obama: voting helps. voting helps. voting helps. do not boo, don't hashtag, all of that stuff is nice to do, vote. anyway. just now, mitch mcconnell says, suddenly now that he is past the passed the -- he has $1.5 trillion tax cut, he says these deficits are a really big problem. [laughter] mr. obama: you need to pay attention to this. to bring them down, we will have to cut...
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michelle obama. [applause] president barack obama. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please theome to the podium director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. [applause] >> good morning. and it is mym, pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. is the s person itter who may be curious to see how his or her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. in a spirit of building allcipation, i did a warm come to the 44th president of the united states, barack obama, and his wife, former first lady, michelle obama, who be honored today. [applause] the second person as the artists, who tries in the face of public scrutiny to stay true to his or her own artistic style and still transmit a sense of the internal spirit to external audiences. in many ways, it is as much a reflection of themselves as insight into their subjects. remaintrait artist must unique, and to quote baudelaire, realize a character. in the spirit of that braver
michelle obama. [applause] president barack obama. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please theome to the podium director of the smithsonian national portrait gallery. [applause] >> good morning. and it is mym, pleasure as director to welcome you to the national portrait gallery at the smithsonian institution. every commissioned portrait involves four people. is the s person itter who may be curious to see how his or her likeness will be captured in perpetuity. in a spirit of...
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president barack obama! [cheers and applause] ♪ [wild cheers] [crowd chanting "obama"] [cheering] pres. obama: hello, hoosiers! [cheering] pres. obama: it is good to be back in gary, indiana. [cheering] pres. obama: i love you back. now, first of all, as you may hear, i've been doing a little campaigning. i'm a little out of shape. voice wise. so, on going to be a little bit hoarse. i hope you don't mind. that just means i'm out there working. [cheering] the second thing i want to say is at least when i got out of the car my bears were up a lot. [cheering] i wasn't watching the game, but i was checking the score. third thing, it is just good to be back in my home area. [cheers and applause] you know, the thing about the midwest, it makes you feel good. people are nice. give it up for a man that we are going to send back to the united states senate on tuesday. joe donnelly. [cheers and applause] because although i always like -- [cheering and screaming] pres. obama: because although i always like a good exc
president barack obama! [cheers and applause] ♪ [wild cheers] [crowd chanting "obama"] [cheering] pres. obama: hello, hoosiers! [cheering] pres. obama: it is good to be back in gary, indiana. [cheering] pres. obama: i love you back. now, first of all, as you may hear, i've been doing a little campaigning. i'm a little out of shape. voice wise. so, on going to be a little bit hoarse. i hope you don't mind. that just means i'm out there working. [cheering] the second thing i want to...
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beat obama something you guys are saying? well, let me tell you, the best chance to beat barack obama is to nominate somebody who can actually take it to barack obama on his horrible record as president of the united states and the best way to do that is to make sure we don't have someone who agrees with that horrible record as president of the united states. that's why i decided to get into this race. karen and i, she's not here with me, i know. i know you getting the short end of the stick here getting me not my wife. but karen and i have been married 21 years, we have seven children, we are very blessed. [applause] and as you know, at the age of 53 and with seven children age 20 to 3, it's not exactly the best time to be going out and deciding to run for president of the united states. but we just felt like as we thought about it, prayed about it, that we had no choice. because this country is in a very difficult position right now. this country is facing one of those critical junctures in our history. i always tell folks
beat obama something you guys are saying? well, let me tell you, the best chance to beat barack obama is to nominate somebody who can actually take it to barack obama on his horrible record as president of the united states and the best way to do that is to make sure we don't have someone who agrees with that horrible record as president of the united states. that's why i decided to get into this race. karen and i, she's not here with me, i know. i know you getting the short end of the stick...
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it was obama's foreign policies. ishink the main difference americans foreign policy, obama is a sickly trying to do what he is doing because of americans foreign policy. -- thet goes back question needs to be asked, why -- it seems benefit like that is the only thing we do. we went over there and basically caused chaos in a place that was already chaotic. we can help. though these people fought, there were no suicide bombs occurring in the history of this whole area until the 80's when the united states went over there. so we cause a lot of these problems. and the more people look at the united states, other countries -- so we have a guy who is actually trying to do it different. and a lot of people say, this guys different. and that is my opinion but other people may see different. host: the wall street journal profiled the wall street journal nominee for the protection agency, he is the attorney as the and served oklahoma state attorney general in 2010 saying he had repealed regulations issued by the obama epa inc
it was obama's foreign policies. ishink the main difference americans foreign policy, obama is a sickly trying to do what he is doing because of americans foreign policy. -- thet goes back question needs to be asked, why -- it seems benefit like that is the only thing we do. we went over there and basically caused chaos in a place that was already chaotic. we can help. though these people fought, there were no suicide bombs occurring in the history of this whole area until the 80's when the...
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-- blaming obama, talking about obama. you can find everything he will say or do is attacked, so you need to be very careful host: tobias, thanks for your call. guest: i think one of the things to buy as is pointing out there is the tension in the debate. in the long run, you are going to have an economic benefit from curbing read us gases, and it will spur innovation in green technology here at home, but it will be essential if we're going to shift to a low-carbon economy. in the short term, there will be some economic dislocation, and you'll be hearing a lot about that, including higher energy prices, as part of the congressional debate early next year. host: we have this week. "the best way to deal with climate change is to reduce the çrole taxes by 30% and add a 3% gas tax." guest: that proposal has certainly been raised as a possibility, but it seems that that is not generally the direction in which congress is headed. but the idea of kind of reducing taxes somewhere and raising them in order to do exactly what the
-- blaming obama, talking about obama. you can find everything he will say or do is attacked, so you need to be very careful host: tobias, thanks for your call. guest: i think one of the things to buy as is pointing out there is the tension in the debate. in the long run, you are going to have an economic benefit from curbing read us gases, and it will spur innovation in green technology here at home, but it will be essential if we're going to shift to a low-carbon economy. in the short term,...
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barack obama walks with us. i watched president obama protect america's lands and waters and wildlife, to honor all our cultures, to uphold our commitments to tribal nations, and to secure america's energy future. in an era when america is working so hard to achieve energy independence, the president's emissions have never been more important. it was president nixon who first talked about the term energy independence. yes, until president obama took charge, no president had been so crucial in helping america take real strides towards a secure and independent energy future. [applause] what did the old drill, baby, drill of the last republican administration get us? where would the same approach get us? four years ago, america imported nearly 60% of its oil. president obama recognized at that time -- that half was unsustainable and dangerous. under president obama's leadership, the united states move forward with an all of the above energy strategy. of oil and gas, nuclear, hydro, biofuel, wind, thermal, solar --
barack obama walks with us. i watched president obama protect america's lands and waters and wildlife, to honor all our cultures, to uphold our commitments to tribal nations, and to secure america's energy future. in an era when america is working so hard to achieve energy independence, the president's emissions have never been more important. it was president nixon who first talked about the term energy independence. yes, until president obama took charge, no president had been so crucial in...
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it was not the obama team. the romney campaign may date late -- they won a 300 electoral votes by capturing historic blue presidential states like michigan. minnesota and pennsylvania. but romney made no real effort in any of those states other than perring latebreaking adds. number three, romney did the best to could. this is not to said the gop nominee ran the best campaign. he did not. the campaign was poorly waged. the former businessman allowed to many curious decisions to be made. in fact, much like hillary 2008 campaign.dozen messy up close. and labor aint dead. laver played a big role in helping obama and nevada and wisconsin as well as an ohio. the popularity of the auto bailout is hard to overstate. that a little bit from politico. now we want to hear from you. we will begin with a call from woodbridge, virginia on our line for democrats. good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. i am calling it, as my first time calling c-span. a have been listening for several years. and i feel like i have to ma
it was not the obama team. the romney campaign may date late -- they won a 300 electoral votes by capturing historic blue presidential states like michigan. minnesota and pennsylvania. but romney made no real effort in any of those states other than perring latebreaking adds. number three, romney did the best to could. this is not to said the gop nominee ran the best campaign. he did not. the campaign was poorly waged. the former businessman allowed to many curious decisions to be made. in...